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Meanings of task in English

Portuguese
projeto
Catalan
tasca
Spanish
tarea

Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.

projeto
Portuguese
serviço
Catalan
feina
Spanish
tarea

A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee.

serviço
Spanish
agotar

Use to the limit.

agotar

Teaching style.

Usage of task in English
1
Renzi says the main task is to get Europe out of crisis.
The Guardian
2
Methods: Qualitative case study design using a cognitive task analysis interviewing approach.
Pubmed
3
Zimbabwe's AIDS rate and poverty levels make Makoni's job no easy task.
Reuters
4
Now the coronavirus has made the task even harder, health workers said.
Reuters
5
Low task identity and young age predicted reduced feelings of personal accomplishment.
Pubmed
6
Fixing the Irish health service is an enormous but not impossible task.
The Irish Times
7
However our task now is to find very quickly a new chief.
Reuters
8
A task that Federated Farmers mid-Canterbury president David Clark said was impossible.
Radio NZ
9
But some experts say the task for law enforcement is virtually impossible.
News.com.au
10
Security forces would also receive additional training for the task, Sandoval said.
Reuters
11
Diagnosing the problem and finding the correct location is no easy task.
The South African
12
Iraq is central to this task, but certainly not the only issue.
The Irish Times
13
Deputy Commissioner John Tims said it is a difficult and ongoing task.
Radio NZ
14
We expect Lord Maccon to have that particular task well under way.
Blameless
15
But Mr Davies said it needed a minister dedicated to the task.
BBC
16
We have gone beyond that task; the government says it is liable.
The South African
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